[3] The largest military base in China, Zhurihe covers 1,066 square kilometres (412 sq mi), has its own hospital, and for over 60 years[4] has hosted multiple mock training areas for conducting urban war games.
[5] General Secretary and Chairman Xi Jinping commemorated the 90th anniversary of the PLA with a military parade at Zhurihe.
[6] The PLA has called Zhurihe their "most modernized training base" and say it is the largest in Asia.
[1] The base features a variety of mock facilities including highways, an airstrip,[4] a town center with buildings—one of which closely resembles the Presidential Office Building in Taipei, Taiwan—and a near-replica of the Eiffel Tower.
In July 1997, the Central Military Commission designated Zhurihe to be modernized and turned into a training base for China.